only. if. it's on the side of venezuela's long time president is reelected for another six years after smashing his nearest rival closer on pole. the syrian government and rebels both claim success in escalating fighting it's turkey again answers to cross border shelling stoking fears of a nato led intervention. plus british action groups sound the alarm over a massive new welfare cuts are set to hit the most vulnerable families hard.

in the russian capital you're watching r t with me arena joshie it's celebration time for venezuela's incoming leader which of us who has dominated his democratic rival in a hard fought election battle for the country stop job the polls sky high turnout of over eighty percent prove just how crucial the poll was for the nation here's our correspondent in caracas lucy confident with all the details the city is going on while this is just moments after the venezuelan electoral council announced it will go childless will indeed remain the president for a third term he'll be leaving the country for another six years the fireworks have been going up there's been people driving around in the streets people have gathered on the presidential palace to just celebrate this this victory for who go childless but we do have to keep in mind that this was an incredibly closely contended election the president had won by about fifty four percent of the vote that means about a million vote. friends with his opponent in the premiss what's been really

fascinating to watch especially after coming from the west is the amount of excitement in their energy that we've seen on the streets here people have actually taken to the streets at about three am hours before the polls even opened to celebrate to line up while we were covering the actual voting process there were lines going literally around blocks despite the polls had stayed open much later than expected it's been a really really closely contended election and for quite some time it was unclear who would emerge as the winner has been fairly calm right now but again because of such a mostly a contested election it's quite possible that we will see tension in the coming weeks and months we have to keep in mind that the inauguration won't happen till january and there's a lot of potential for for the supporters who are discontented with with president chavez to take to the streets we certainly won't see the country calming down anytime soon and for a closer look at what president hugo chavez is victory actually means for venezuelans and why there is such a massive popular support for the president with the following report running water

electricity and a real home having spent most of her life in venezuela slums these are luxuries that anna silva can only dream of before going out when i got this department i just couldn't believe it i thought my eyes were deceiving me i'm thankful to this government for helping people like me she was able to move her family into this home thanks to a housing program established under president to go childless. it's one of the many projects that is earned him tremendous popular support among the poor but alienated him from other voters the latter have turned out in droves to vote for him reeky them this a wealthy businessman in a free market advocate who is pushing for more private enterprise and investment critics fear that he would bring an end to venezuela's twenty first century socialism so what we're looking here ongoing here for all the venezuelan ruling class to turn back the clock represents the represents an attempt. to

move. away from a past their focus is attention on reducing inequality and reducing poverty. but whether chavez has addressed that in the best way remains a question dollars haven't helped bring down the prime rate one of the worst in the world on employment and a stack leading economy has turned many away from el commandante to day one as well as corruption deficit we are some of the poorest people. childless has been accused of authoritarianism suppressing the courts and silencing critics in the press. another burning issue in the country is equality of employment among the poor the government does implement measures to support them but there are no jobs for those in the deep. they receive government subsidies but there isn't enough investment both government and private to actually provide them with a well paid job instead of just giving financial aid. it for the long neglected

residents of venezuela slums free services may just trump over freedom this is done as well as body a part of the largest slum in all of latin america for the thousands of venezuelans who live here have no access to any sort of medical care that is until the social program to open clinics like this one here as well as get access to doctors checkups medical services free medicine all for free here they helped me along and this clinic has helped a lot of people and a lot of children here thank you chavez has done a lot for us those missions are just incredible. these are illegal settlements the shacks and buildings are poorly built and for decades infrastructure was virtually nonexistent most are sprawled across the steep hills surrounding caracas for people living up in those longs or barrios that used to be no way to get down to the city to find work or go to school simply walking down those hills you think about an hour and how they used to be no public transportation. no but john has built these

cable cars a little lifeline for venezuela's for life in the slums made them proved but the country still has a long way to go voters have grown frustrated with declining wages and scarce job prospects and reversing these trends in the next six years won't be easy to see catherine of. venezuela. respond list of is posting all the latest news and photos for us on twitter so follow her feed there for the latest updates on venezuela's presidential election. conflicting reports from the front lines in syria claim both the rebels and the governments have made advances in flashpoint battles across the country more than one hundred people have reportedly been killed in the past twenty four hours this comes as turkey and syria are closer to war as anger returned fire after being hit by another shell from across the rebel controlled border or just fall asleep or has more. for the fourth straight day turkish artillery has fired

into syria this coming just minutes after a mortar landed in turkish territory fired from syria we understand that at least eight mortars were fired from turkey into syria now according to the mayor of the turkish border town where this shell landed he says that there was very little damage other than damage to a grain pope but other than that of landed in an empty field and there were no reports of injuries it is the same border village way five members of the same family was killed back on wednesday that was two women and three children when a mortar five from syria landed in and was eventually building at the same time we're hearing continuing words from the turkish prime minister that he will not allow these kind of events to go unprovoked he says that if pushed he will declare war and that has been quite a strong message from him now there in school in concerned that this instability and on the turkish syrian border will result in regional instability there's also concern by numerous critics who have put forth the argument that they believe that

the shells that are being fired from the syrian side are being fired at liberty in each remember that this rewarding area on the syrian side between syria and turkey is an area that is controlled by the rebels and as such it is possible that their firing these these rounds deliberately to provoke turkey to go to nato and call for a foreign intervention of course this is something that many people are increasingly concerned about the situation in syria after eighteen months of fighting a showing no letting up there continues to be almost daily blasts in the capital city of damascus and they're particularly cost suicide bombings have become almost the norm the same situation is happening in aleppo the commercial hub of the country in the north and there we're hearing of continuous heavy fighting and also in recent days in recent weeks we've witnessed a rise in gas suicide bombings there were also receiving a twitter feed from the chef adnan out of daraa now he is. a sunni muslim preacher and the salafist media has become almost

a symbol of the rebels fighting in syria he says that they have captured the cousin of the syrian president bashar assad we have no information on that at this stage and no way of actually being able to independently prove it russia continues to play a mediating role they are expecting that the e.u. in nato envoy to syria could be in russia later this month and as such will be there for talks but russia is edging comments saying that this kind of escalation in tensions along the take your syrian border is completely unacceptable and any kind of cross border operations are to be frowned upon. on our website right now the libyan military continues to surround an opposition stronghold bani walid leaving residents calling for international rescue. illegal anniversary a march marking one year of the worldwide occupy movement and scores of arrests are key dot com has the details. as it fights

a deepening recession the british government is looking for new ways to slash spending london's now eyeing ten billion more pounds and welfare cuts amid already growing wave of discontent and authorities or emmet reports it's the poorest families find themselves in the firing line. children every year is a death sentence this is save the children's usual campaign. africa but times have changed and for the first time in its ninety three year history the charity has launched a major fundraising campaign here in britain. as recession hits the u.k.'s poorest children the hardest the situation is pretty bleak for children and families out there in our children having to go without what we consider some basic essentials for example when they're old. achieving

a warm winter these are pretty shocking statistics in the u.k. and twenty twelve and we believe that we really need to take action. for the first time the cupboard is almost bare for mother of three share and more it's a daily struggle to provide the basics for her kids. she's not alone three and a half million children are living in poverty in the u.k. and a quarter of their parents say they've gone without meals so their children can eat a child in poverty has to forgo the things other families take for granted eating healthy having a friend round for tea days out natalie mother to two year old noah puts all she can afford into the gas meter but it's still not enough to heat their home. in the house. charities

calculate that the poorest ten percent of society i hate thirteen times harder by government cuts to services than the richest ten percent and growing up in poverty puts a child under enormous emotional strain. education suffers even a sick good school and that storing up trouble for the future you have the impact it was almost children but it's also a massive impact to society and to our economy so you know we if. we all of us will have to pay the price in terms of spending on education spending on. america will be weak because you know we'll be losing talent what's the point of slashing a welfare budget if we're going to be paying the price for the increased spending we're going to. save the children hopes to help the worst hit families but this

could be a long campaign the institute for fiscal studies says in the next ten years based on current government tax and benefit policies eight hundred thousand more children will be dragged into poverty eradicating all the gains that have been made in the last ten years laura smith. well still to come this hour here on r t f ailed chris aden and tell us motorcade had a to pakistan's most troubled region stop short of its final destination now why in just a couple of minutes. private american company hands to the international space station with its first cargo delivery as the hopes to fill the post shuttle era. at how far such missions can go for those businesses craving to conquer the stars there are plenty more stories after a short break. here

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welcome back you are whereas our t. . the pakistani military has blocked a thousand strong and us motor convoy on its way towards a volatile tribal belt a motorcade led by cricket legend and opposition from man imran khan was headed to south waziristan a region most frequently targeted by u.s. drone strikes to stage a mass rally against american missiles the convoy was joined by dozens of foreign peace activists rami name and alastair of u.s. foreign policy who took part in the two day protests as washington's current stance borders on lawlessness. just about every expert in international law outside the united states will say that it leaves that there are at least some aspects of the

current policy which are clear violations of international law the bureau of investigative journalism in the u.k. has counted somewhere between four hundred eight hundred civilian deaths since two thousand and four from u.s. drone strike has between fifteen and thirty percent the un special rapporteur tour on extrajudicial executions has said that you know if these reports are true about what the u.s. is doing they would constitute war crimes the pakistani parliament passed unanimously a resolution demanding that these drone strikes stop and every pakistani official says that pakistan is against us we have nothing to do with this we're not supporting this or indoors the u.s. government must be called to account internationally and domestically and explain why they think their policy is legal under international law under u.s. law come clean about the issue of civilian casualties and their own the u.s.

is going to go into this unilateral definition for its own purposes of what a civilian is of course there's no there's no permission in international law to do that. now take a look at some of the stories from around the world. an alleged palestinian militant has been killed by an israeli air strike in gaza aircraft targeted two motorcyclists who israel claims were jihad is plotting a terror attack against troops and civilians the alleged militants reportedly infiltrated gaza from egypt volatile sinai region several civilians and three children were also injured in the attack. spain is in for more protests as the country's labor unions threaten the governments with a national strike that after tens of thousands marched through the spanish capital on sunday once again calling for an answer to biting spending cuts the country is facing yet another budget with unemployment at a record high since july. well south korea will now be able to strike any part of

its northern neighbor with ballistic missiles and your deal signed was the u.s. allow celtics stay on the range of its weapons by more than twice the current limit a previous arms pact with washington barred the south from the point long range rockets leaving many targets in a communist state out of reach so says the measures aimed at countering a possible threat from north korea we would also allow south korea to operate drones with limited payloads but a specialist in below believes there is another reason behind the deal. balance of power in east asia only in america's favor. or north korea is very very weak english in terms of real military terms. you have to see this within the context of american strategy to contain china this is a product of a long discussion between the south korean government americans. these are koreans for a long time wanted to extend the range missiles and we must remember this is only

this only covers ballistic missiles not christmas are they have long range cruise missiles that can get all of north korea this new range will take them into china. has been the sticking point is america's amount of calling to pound against china's are. trying to drive south korea and japan together it will try to alliance against china so the americans are very very active over the long term strategy to contain china. a california based firm has successfully you launched its first supply flights to the international space station at a one point six billion dollars contract signed three saxes are also working on changing its vessel or into a space ship capable of carrying astronaut that is why nasa space shuttle fleet was already mired in twenty levon russian progress and so your ships used to be the only way to reach the i ask what is brian a way to secure

a world foundation explains private businesses still need time to prove they can compete with state run organizations. in certain areas for example or via the base of transportation to and from the space station these days commercial private companies can provide the competition but there are other areas you know long term exploration of the moon and mars and beyond where for the time being you're probably just still see a lot of state run companies space x. still has a long ways to go before it can prove that it can carry humans safely to and from the our sister station but in the long term you know over the next few years or longer it could prove to be some interesting competition based travel is not a cheap endeavor and as we've seen you know the world's going through some tough economic times i think for the time being you're going to see a renewed effort to try and get more use out of the international space station through the rest of its life time and then i think you're probably going to see

some international some cooperate of missions that look at what the next step is for how to get gas that would probably be back to the moon. and i'm going to take a look what's happening in the world of business marina what have you got for us this hour thanks for you know well right now we're seeing a lot of cringe cern's especially about the eurozone debt crisis and a slowdown in china and also in particular to mention that it's spain's financial health right now that many investors are focusing on european markets just kicked off the traders session and we've seen this have it's a fact we've seen that it's in negative territory both the footsie and the dax are shedding over a half a percent this hour now if we move on and take a look at currencies will see that the euro is still weaken and against the u.s. dollar and when it comes to the ruble moves it out and we can again see the currency basket this monday again now if we go and look at the russian markets there are tracking the losses we've seen overseas the r.t.s. not in over one percent this hour and of course lower oil prices also have an

effect but more on that later on that i want to stay with the markets and russia in particular and talk about russia oriented forums which received the most cash among the emerging nations last week emerging research says one hundred seventy million dollars were invested into the country and i'm going to explain that russia's undervalued stocks offer a growth potential amid global monetary easing. also of a second pipeline of the project will be launched in just a few hours it will double the capacity of the transvaal to gas pipelines to fifty five billion cubic meters annually at the first pipeline was launched about a year ago and a joint project by russia germany france and the netherlands i will bring you live coverage of that in a couple of hours as well as with all that's right now let's take a look at the age of the markets are about sort of seems to be having some issues but it will get there well basically the neck case closed that's what you need to know and when it comes to the hang sang as you can see it's still shedding over

a half a percent there because again they're attractive and also as overseas there is a concern about a slowdown in the economy in china and this. board will wall street on friday who didn't see the fact that at all now let's take a look at oil prices and see what's happening there because they're dropping for a second day they're light so we try to get eighty nine dollars per barrel and the bronze blend hundred and eleven and again here we know that there is this speculation all of course the regions that crisis in the euro zone as i mentioned the slowdown that now that's how business looks the sound for now back to you in the studio marina thanks very much indeed for this and all the way here on our t.v. as nato faces increasing violence in afghanistan peter and his guests debate whether an end to the u.s. led mission is long overdue.

in this remote siberians in which people still sing the songs which russians sang in the middle ages and they cherish the practice will set up church before the seventeenth century the old believers here is sign the area are conservative community they're known as the simi skeer a word which refers to families. that have a at least name there yet again i feel. i know i'm the first to tell you that. i. people here are happy to show their way of life to tourists and to show them how to dance in the local star. use of prayer and the girl needs to watch her legs don't go up too much during the dance she must be

a modest. seventeen year old nanda is from the same village she now studies in the city and dances at a club. she puts on her costume and the traditional amber necklace only when she comes to visit her grandmother. yesterday i think. you know that. i didn't ask on time for her dad says because i want to keep up to date with this morning world but still i would like to have camp my in background hall my sources layered and this is my treasure their attachment to the church brought knowledge is an sistas to this remote glen deflate by call more than two hundred fifty years ago they were exiled and persecuted for not. green to the orthodox who do sting washing the sixteen hundreds they wanted to maintain their time honored rituals they'll

believe are still baal and cross themselves with two fingers not with three as they do in modern orthodox churches in russia and never knew when praying but this fall the same he says it's not so much the rituals they cherish as the moral principles he does not approve of what is doing as a critic but old believe a woman must never show her naked legs and. things started to spoil during the soviet union. was more and more young people leaving for a big city this here is the old believers culture could be imperiled nowadays young people prefer urban life to their life to agriculture her but it's not necessary to leave the inside to remember that and try to. plans to continue her studies abroad the grandmother says wherever she goes as long as the jews are fresh in her memory so is the culture.

a low in welcome across talk on peter lavelle when is the end really the end strategy of the u.s. led mission in afghanistan is in a shambles green on blue attacks against coalition forces speak volumes on how many afghans feel about the continued occupation of their country by western troops isn't it time to negotiate with the taliban and end this military adventure. to cross-talk the u.s. mission in afghanistan i'm joined by michael maloof in washington he's a senior reporter for the world net daily and a former analyst for the defense department also in washington we have augmented my g d r he is a senior researcher so.